My mum has recently been diagnosed with AD. She is in the early stages and not as far down the road as some relatives are on the forum. She has been told not to drive and this is causing most frustration to her. She has had the memory tests etc and awaiting home assessment. However she is not really understanding what is going on. The hard for me is that I live 100 miles away, my sister being closer at 15 miles away. My sister sees the tough stuff, the angst, the confusion, the not understanding etc. She has had to go through the test results etc to explain what has been happening. Mum just thinks the Dr.s are all wrong didn't talk to her and treated her like a child, my sister tells a different. Have been down for a visit but mum just passes it all off as nothing, everything is ok seemed perfectly lucid, which I know can happen in the early stages. Now this weekend I find I was expected to go down to visit, my mum was certain I had said I would be down for the week. I do find it hard that my sister seems to see the greater amount of confusion and yet when I ring or visit I feel I am just being brushed off with all is OK
Sharon
Sharon